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The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program aims to promote food security and economic growth by increasing scientific knowledge and collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity.  It accomplishes this by:

• Providing training and collaborative research opportunities through exchanges for entry-level faculty and policymakers from developing and middle-income countries;

• Fostering collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity;

• Facilitating the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies to strengthen agricultural practices

• Addressing obstacles to the adoption of technology, such as ineffectual policies and regulations.

The program is administered by USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.

Priority Research Areas

Areas of training and research can be in any agriculture-related field and include traditional areas such as agronomy, specialty crops, plant pathology, entomology, veterinary sciences, microbiology and agricultural economics.  Other areas such as food safety, sanitary and phytosanitary topics, environmental sciences, agricultural biotechnology, global climate change, policy and water quality can also be included.

Training Venues

Training venues include U.S. land grant universities, USDA or other U.S. government agency research facilities, not-for-profit institutions and international research centers.

Length of Fellowships